多年以来科学家们都是这样粗略的描述的：当我们经历什么事情的时候——比如第一次骑自行车，大脑中的网状的神经元就被激活了。

For years scientists have told a story that goes roughly like this: when we experience something - say riding a bicycle for the first time - a network of neurons in the brain are activated.

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从1960年代起，科学家就已经知道某些鞭尾蜥物种无需雄性繁殖后代，就像鱼不需要自行车一样。

Since the 1960s scientists have known that some species of whiptail lizards need a male even less than a fish needs a bicycle.

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研究结果刊登在本周的《科学》杂志还可以协助气象学家做更准确的天气预报甚至提高一个骑自行车转一圈的时间。

The findings, published in Science this week, could also assist meteorologists in making more accurate weather predictions, and even improve a cyclist's lap time.

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